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1 Samuel 3:16

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

24. For he who is said to have been compelled to speak by such great urgency of entreaty is shown to have been bound by a great strictness of silence. And because some subjects are accustomed to keep silent not so much for the preservation of purity as from the obstinacy of impudence, Samuel showed the pattern of a chosen subject, who kept silent reverently, but when commanded to speak, was afraid to keep silent. …

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 2, Chapter 4 ↗